Zionist General Council

Zionist General Council
Native name	Havaad Hapoel Hazioni
Founded	1921;97 years ago
Key people	Helena Glaser, chairperson
Country	Israel
Website	www.jewishagency.org

Last updated March 01, 2019

Zionist General Council (ZGC) (Hebrew : הוועד הפועל הציוני‎) (HaVa'ad HaPoel HaTzioni) is the supreme institution of the Zionist movement.^[1]

Hebrew is a Northwest Semitic language native to Israel; the modern version of which is spoken by over 9 million people worldwide. Historically, it is regarded as the language of the Israelites and their ancestors, although the language was not referred to by the name Hebrew in the Tanakh. The earliest examples of written Paleo-Hebrew date from the 10th century BCE. Hebrew belongs to the West Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. Hebrew is the only living Canaanite language left, and the only truly successful example of a revived dead language.

The ZGC was established in 1921 following a decision reached at the 11th World Zionist Congress. It is composed of members elected at the World Zionist Congress and representatives of Zionist organizations. The council has 25–30 members. The ZGC is responsible for implementing decisions reached at the World Zionist Congress and the administration of the Zionist movement.

In 2010, Helena Glaser, President of World WIZO, was unanimously elected chairperson of the Zionist General Council at the 36th World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem.^[2]

Womens International Zionist Organization organization

The Women's International Zionist Organization, is a volunteer organization dedicated to social welfare in all sectors of Israeli society, the advancement of the status of women, and Jewish education in Israel and the Diaspora.

Jerusalem is a city in the Middle East, located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the oldest cities in the world, and is considered holy to the three major Abrahamic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Both Israel and the Palestinian Authority claim Jerusalem as their capital, as Israel maintains its primary governmental institutions there and the State of Palestine ultimately foresees it as its seat of power; however, neither claim is widely recognized internationally.

Past chairmen

1921–1925: Tzvi-Peretz Hayot
1925–1933: Leo Motzkin
1935–1941: Menachem Ussishkin
1946–1949: Stephen Samuel Wise
1949–1959: Yosef Sprinzak
1959–1961: Berl Locker
1961–1968: Ya'akov Tzur
1968–1971: Ehud Avriel
1972–1978: Yitzhak Navon

Leo Motzkin was a Ukrainian Zionist leader. A leader of the World Zionist Congress and numerous Jewish and Zionist organizations, Motzkin was a key organizer of the Jewish delegation to the 1919 Paris Peace Conference and one of the first Jewish leaders to organize opposition to the Nazi Party in Germany.

Menachem Ussishkin was a Russian-born Zionist leader and head of the Jewish National Fund.

Stephen Samuel Wise (1874–1949) was an early 20th-century American, Progressive Era, Reform rabbi, and Zionist leader.

Related Research Articles

World Zionist Organization organization founded by the initiative of Theodor Herzl

The World Zionist Organization, or WZO, is a non-governmental organization that promotes Zionism. It was founded as the Zionist Organization at the initiative of Theodor Herzl at the First World Zionist Congress, which took place in August 1897 in Basel, Switzerland. When it was founded, the goals of the Zionist movement were stated in a resolution that came of that Congress and came to be known as the Basel Program.

Zionism aims at establishing for the Jewish people a legally assured home in Palestine. For the attainment of this purpose, the Congress considers the following means serviceable:
the promotion of the settlement of Jewish agriculturists [farmers], artisans, and tradesmen in Palestine;
the federation [unified organisation] of all Jews into local or general groups, according to the laws of the various countries;
the strengthening of the Jewish feeling and consciousness [national sentiment and national consciousness];
preparatory steps for the attainment of those governmental grants which are necessary to the achievement of the Zionist purpose.

The Zionist Congress was established in 1897 by Theodor Herzl as the supreme organ of the Zionist Organization (ZO) and its legislative authority. In 1960 the names were changed to World Zionist Congress and World Zionist Organization (WZO), respectively. The World Zionist Organization elects the officers and decides on the policies of the WZO and the Jewish Agency. The first Zionist Congress was held in Basel, Switzerland in 1897.

The General Zionists were a centre-right Zionist movement and a political party in Israel. The General Zionists supported the leadership of Chaim Weizmann and their views were largely colored by central European culture. Their political arm is an ancestor of the modern-day Likud.

HaTzohar, officially Brit HaTzionim HaRevizionistim was a Revisionist Zionist organization and political party in Mandatory Palestine and newly independent Israel.

The World Union of Jewish Students is the international, pluralistic, non-partisan umbrella organisation of independent Jewish student groups in 38 countries. Founded in 1924 by Hersch Lauterpacht with Albert Einstein as its first President. Other previous Chairpersons have included Maurice Perlzweig, Yosef Abramowitz and David Makovsky.

Yosef Aharon Almogi was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1955 and 1977, as well as holding several ministerial posts.

Shmuel Dayan was a Zionist activist during the British Mandate of Palestine and an Israeli politician who served in the first three Knessets.

First Zionist Congress was the inaugural congress of the Zionist Organization (ZO) held in Basel (Basle), Switzerland, from August 29 to August 31, 1897. 208 delegates and 26 press correspondents attended the event. It was convened and chaired by Theodor Herzl, the founder of the modern Zionism movement. The Congress formulated a Zionist platform, known as the Basel program, and founded the Zionist Organization. It also adopted the Hatikvah as its anthem.

Yitzhak Gruenbaum was a noted leader of the Zionist movement among Polish Jewry in the interwar period and of the Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine. Gruenbaum was the first Interior Minister of the State of Israel.

Joseph Boris (Ber) Schechtman was a writer and Revisionist political activist. He was the author of numerous books of history, biography and works on Zionism.

Peretz Bernstein was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician and one of the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence.

Nahum Nir-Rafalkes was a Zionist activist, Israeli politician and one of the signatories of the Israeli declaration of independence. He is the only Speaker of the Knesset not to have been a member of the ruling party.

Peretz Naftali was a Zionist activist and Israeli politician who served in several ministerial portfolios in the 1950s.

Ya'akov Klivnov was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the General Zionists from 1949 until 1955, and again from 1955 until 1957.

Dvora Netzer was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapai, the Labor Party and the Alignment between 1949 and 1969.

Ya'akov Riftin was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Mapam between 1949 and 1965.

Aryeh Altman was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Herut and Gahal between 1951 and 1965.

Ezra Ichilov was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the General Zionists and the Liberal Party between 1951 and 1961.

Binyamin Arditi was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Herut and Gahal between 1955 and 1965.

Elyakim-Gustav Badian was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1977 and 1981.

References

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] Jewish Agency: Zionist General Council

[2] Helena Glaser elected as Chairperson of Zionist General Council ^{[ permanent dead link ]}